converting qfx files to qif

[Dave Peticolas]

 writes:
> 
> exactly my complaint.  the ofx spec could have made this trivial, for
> us, *and* for intuit, and for MSMoney2000, by getting the FI's to use uuid's
> for things. 
> 
> I don't get it. We could issue a unique uuid to every molecule on the 
> planet earth and still have plenty left over.  I'd like to see uuids stuck
> on everything.

I though OFX did assing uuids to transactions. In fact, what II recall
from reading the spec is that both the client & the server could assing
uuids.

Are they simply optional? Or is qfx a 'simplification' of ofx?

dave